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Recipes for flavored water and banana breakfast bars from The Most Effective Ways to Live Longer Cookbook

With the hot weather upon us, staying hydrated is really important. To help stay hydrated, try these recipes for flavored water from The Most Effective Ways to Live Longer Cookbook.

Also, click on the page below for a delicious recipe for banana breakfast bars!

More about the Fair Winds Press cookbook:

The Most Effective Ways to Live Longer Cookbook
The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about Great-Tasting Food that Prevents Disease and Gives You Optimal Health and Longevity

by

Jonny Bowden

and

Jeannette Bessinger

Eat, drink, and be healthy at any age with these delicious recipes!

Fight oxidative damage caused by free radicals, which wears you down from the inside out. Stop the silent killer of inflammation. Reduce the damage caused by sugar molecules, known as glycation. Relieve mental, physical, and emotional stress.

Acclaimed nutritionist Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., and chef Jeannette Bessinger, C.H.H.C., have crafted more than 140 flavorful, mouth-watering recipes loaded with antioxidants, anti-inflammatory properties, vitamins, minerals, and other key nutritional components that fight the effects of aging, prevent disease, and help you feel your best every day. Try Heart-Healthy Mega Omega Fettuccine Alfredo, Immune Boon Kung Pao Chicken Soup, Hike ’n’ Bike Trail Mix, Antioxidant Almond Nog, and Chocolate–Vitamin C Fruit Salad. Using delicious ingredients and smart, healthy cooking methods, Chef Jeannette transforms everyday food—and some comfort foods—into delicious dishes!

 

Recipe for Spanakopita bites from the book Make-Ahead Meals Made Healthy

I don't know how to pronounce today's Tasty Friday recipe, but who needs to pronounce food? After all, it's food! Check out this healthy recipe for Light and Flaky Spanakopita from the book Make-Ahead Meals Made Healthy: Exceptionally Delicious and Nutritious Freezer-Friendly Recipes You Can Prepare in Advance and Enjoy at a Moment's Notice.

Click on these pages from Make-Ahead Meals Made Healthy to enlarge and read the full recipe and directions on how to make Spanakopita.

More about the Fair Winds Press recipe book:

Make-Ahead Meals Made Healthy
Exceptionally Delicious and Nutritious Freezer-Friendly Recipes You Can Prepare in Advance and Enjoy at a Moment's Notice

by

Michele Borboa

Unlike the sodium-laced, preservative-filled meals you might find in your grocer’s freezer aisle, Make-Ahead Meals Made Healthy features all-natural recipes full of flavors that come to life the instant you reheat them—so your meals don’t just taste as good as the day you stored them away, but even better. From comforting casserole and lasagna recipes made new again with fresh veggies and whole grains, to hearty and wholesome breakfast baked goods and sweet treats, you’ll discover so many healthy “must-make” recipes inside that you may need to get a larger freezer!

Michele Borboa, M.S., is a health and wellness expert, personal chef, and freelance writer specializing in food, fitness and balanced living. She is a food columnist at www.ChefMom.com, channel editor at www.SheKnows.com, and the author of the cookbook The Fitness Kitchen.

  

Atomic Tofu Pecan Loaf recipe from the book The Vegan Slow Cooker by Kathy Hester

Who doesn't love a yummy dessert? Not me! So to kick off the weekend, try this recipe for Atomic Tofu Pecan Loaf from the Fair Winds Press book The Vegan Slow Cooker: Simply Set It and Go with 150 Recipes for Intensely Flavorful, Fuss-Free Fare Everyone (Vegan or Not!) Will Devour. Two things that I also have to say here: first, the name "Atomic" is awesome, and second, the author points out that you can really add almost anything to this recipe and that it's a great way to use up leftovers! I love that!

Click on this page from The Vegan Slow Cooker to enlarge and read the full recipe for Atomic Tofu Pecan Loaf!

More about the cookbook:

The Vegan Slow Cooker:

Simply Set It and Go with 150 Recipes for Intensely Flavorful, Fuss-Free Fare Everyone (Vegan or Not!) Will Devour

by

Kathy Hester

If you want to prepare hot, nutritious, home-cooked meals for your family and friends, but feel like time is never on your side, think again! The Vegan Slow Cooker shows you how to create fresh, nourishing cuisine in just two simple steps, using all the healthiest produce, whole grains, and vegan-friendly ingredients found at your local market or farm stand (or home garden!). From your favorite comforting casseroles to fresh and exciting new stews, and even desserts and quick breads—all veganized!—you find recipes that cover every meal and a wide variety of cuisines, including:

—Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal

—Exotic Cardamom Hot Chocolate

—Mushroom Lasagna with a Garlic-Tofu Sauce

—Kung Pao Chick’n

—Turkish Delight Tapioca Pudding

Kathy Hester is a slow cooker aficionado and founder of the blog Healthy Slow Cooking (http://healthyslowcooking.wordpress.com). She writes for various online health and cooking websites, including Bright Hub (www.brighthub.com), Divine Caroline (www.divinecaroline.com), Everything Mom (www.everythingmom.com), and The Healthy Hostess (www.thehealthyhostess.com). She lives in Durham, NC with her partner, two cats, one dog, and five slow cookers.

    

Recipe for pureed white bean dip with rosemary oil from the book The 150 Healthiest Slow Cooker Recipes on Earth

Tasty Friday is brought to you today by the book The 150 Healthiest Slow Cooker Recipes on Earth which features a yummy recipe for pureed white bean dip with rosemary oil along with how to make your own rosemary oil infusion.

Click on this page from The 150 Healthiest Slow Cooker Recipes on Earth to enlarge and get the full recipe for pureed white bean dip with rosemary oil and all its nutritional info!

More about the Fair Winds Press book:

The 150 Healthiest Slow Cooker Recipes on Earth:

The Surprising Unbiased Truth About How to Make Nutritious and Delicious Meals that are Ready When You Are

by

Jonny Bowden

and

Jeannette Bessinger

Discover how to make mouth-watering, super-healthy, and super-convenient slow-cooked meals! Nationally-known nutritionist Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., and chef Jeannette Bessinger, C.H.H.C., take slow cooking to a whole new level with these easy, nutritious, and deliciously satisfying recipes!

The “clean foods team” of Dr. Jonny and Chef Jeannette use wholesome ingredients, such as fresh fruit and vegetables, grass-fed beef, wild-caught fish, and pasture-raised poultry in their recipes. Losing none of the convenience, they skip the high-sodium canned food “products” used in many slow cooker recipes and bring you dishes with both traditional and ethnic flair. Try the Real Deal Beef Stew with Orange and Clove, the Quick Sesame Teriyaki Low-Carb Lettuce Wraps, the Hot and Hearty Red, White, and Blue Crab Dip, or the Gingered Honey Pears with Cinnamon Sticks. Bon appetit!

Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., www.jonnybowden.com, a board-certified nutritionist, is a nationally known expert on nutrition, weight loss, and health.

Jeannette Bessinger, C.H.H.C., the Clean Food Coach, www.thecleanfoodcoach.com, is an award-winning nutrition educator and personal whole foods chef.

   

Recipe for bacon butter from the book 300 15-Minute Low-Carb Recipes

Maybe instead of calling it Tasty Fridays I should call it Bacon Fridays because I keep finding some of the most yummy sounding recipes that include bacon, A.K.A. meat candy! Check out this one for bacon butter from the book 300 15-Minute Low-Carb Recipes:Hundreds of Delicious Meals That Let You Live Your Low-Carb Lifestyle and Never Look Back.

Whether you are doing a low-carb diet or just like cooking yummy food in 15 minutes, the recipes in 300 15-Minute Low-Carb Recipes: Hundreds of Delicious Meals That Let You Live Your Low-Carb Lifestyle and Never Look Back are ones I bet you will love.

More about the book:

300 15-Minute Low-Carb Recipes:Hundreds of Delicious Meals That Let You Live Your Low-Carb Lifestyle and Never Look Back

by

Dana Carpender

Studies show that low-carbohydrate dieting works to take weight off and improve cholesterol. This book offers over 200 recipes that can be made in 15 minutes or less.

Best-selling author Dana Carpender was startled to discover that limiting her carbohydrate intake not only helped her control her weight, but produced the health and vitality a low fat diet had promised but never delivered. Dana blogs about low carb nutrition at www.HoldtheToast.com. She is also Managing Editor of CarbSmart Magazine at www.CarbSmart.com, as well as a featured staff writer. Dana lives in Bloomington, Indiana with her husband and a menagerie of pets, all of whom are well fed.